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points); (2) The relationship of the
research to the literature on the topic
and to major theoretical issues in the
field, and the project’s originality and
importance in terms of the concerns of
the discipline (10 points); (3) The
preliminary research already completed
in the United States and overseas or
plans for such research prior to going
overseas, and the kinds, quality and
availability of data for the research in
the host country or countries (10
points); (4) The justification for overseas
field research and preparations to
establish appropriate and sufficient
research contacts and affiliations abroad
(10 points); (5) The applicant’s plans to
share the results of the research in
progress and a copy of the dissertation
with scholars and officials of the host
country or countries (10 points); and (6)
The guidance and supervision of the
dissertation advisor or committee at all
stages of the project, including guidance
in developing the project,
understanding research conditions
abroad, and acquainting the applicant
with research in the field (10 points).
Qualifications of the applicant (40
points): In determining the
qualifications of the applicant, the
Secretary considers (1) The overall
strength of the applicant’s graduate
academic record (10 points); (2) The
extent to which the applicant’s
academic record demonstrates a
strength in area studies relevant to the
proposed project (10 points); (3) The
applicant’s proficiency in one or more
of the languages (other than English and
the applicant’s native language) of the
country or countries of research, and the
specific measures to be taken to
overcome any anticipated language
barriers (15 points); and (4) The
applicant’s ability to conduct research
in a foreign cultural context, as
evidenced by the applicant’s references
or previous overseas experience, or both
(5 points).
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If a student
application is successful, we notify the
IHE’s U.S. Representative and U.S.
Senators and send the IHE a Grant
Award Notification (GAN). We may also
notify the IHE informally.
If a student application is not
evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify the IHE.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
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administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
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We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates its approved
application as part of its binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of the project
period, the IHE must submit a final
performance report, including the final
reports of all of the IHE’s fellows, and
financial information, as directed by the
Secretary. The IHE and fellows are
required to use the electronic reporting
system Evaluation of Exchange,
Language, International and Area
Studies (EELIAS) to complete the final
report.
4. Performance Measures: The
objective of the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral
Dissertation Research Abroad
Fellowship Program is to maintain a
U.S. higher education system able to
produce experts in less commonly
taught languages and area studies who
are capable of contributing to the needs
of the U.S. government, academic, and
business institutions.
The following performance measure
has been developed to evaluate the
overall effectiveness of the DDRA
program—The improvement of language
proficiency of fellows. All grantees will
be expected to provide documentation
of the improved language proficiency of
the fellows through the EELIAS system.
Reporting screens for institutions and
fellows may be viewed at: http://
www.eelias.org/pdfs/ddra/
ddradirectorcombined.pdf, http://
www.eelias.org/pdfs/ddra/
ddrafellowcombined.pdf.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carla White, International Education
Programs Service, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., suite
6000, Washington, DC 20006–8521.
Telephone: (202) 502–7700 or via the
Internet: ddra@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person
listed in this section.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
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Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: September 20, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
[FR Doc. E6–15758 Filed 9–25–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Overview
Information; Training and Information
for Parents of Children With
Disabilities—Parent Training and
Information Centers; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.328M.
Dates: Applications Available:
September 26, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: November 13, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: January 9, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: Parent
organizations, as defined in section III.
Eligibility Information in this notice.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$25,704,000 for the Training and
Information for Parents of Children with
Disabilities program for FY 2007, of
which we intend to use an estimated
$8,957,406 for the Parent Training and
Information Centers competition. The
actual level of funding, if any, depends
on final congressional action. However,
we are inviting applications to allow
enough time to complete the grant
process if Congress appropriates funds
for this program.
Information concerning funding
amounts for individual States is
provided in a chart elsewhere in this
notice under section II. Award
Information.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$319,907.
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Estimated Number of Awards: 28.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: With the exception of
projects in the States of Alabama,
Oklahoma, and Region 3 of Florida,
projects will be funded for a period up
to 60 months. Projects in Alabama and
Florida—Region 3 will be funded for a
period up to 48 months; projects in
Oklahoma will be funded for a period
up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
this program is to ensure that parents of
children with disabilities receive
training and information to help
improve results for their children.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(iv) and (v), this priority is
from allowable activities specified in
the statute, or otherwise authorized in
the statute (see sections 671 and 681(d)
of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA)).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2007 this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Parent Training and Information
Centers (PTI Centers) Background: This
priority supports parent training and
information centers that will provide
parents of children with disabilities,
including low-income parents, parents
of limited English proficient children,
and parents with disabilities, with the
training and information they need to
enable them to participate effectively in
helping their children with disabilities
to—
(a) Meet developmental and
functional goals, and challenging
academic achievement goals that have
been established for all children; and
(b) Be prepared to lead productive,
independent adult lives, to the
maximum extent possible.
In addition, a purpose of this priority
is to ensure that children with
disabilities and their parents receive
training and information on their rights,
responsibilities, and protections under
IDEA in order to develop the skills
necessary to cooperatively and
effectively participate in planning and
decision making relating to early
intervention, educational, and
transitional services.
Text of Priority: Each Parent Training
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and Information Center (PTI Center)
assisted under this program shall—
(a) Provide training and information
that meets the needs of parents of
children with disabilities living in the
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area served by the PTI Center,
particularly underserved parents and
parents of children who may be
inappropriately identified as having a
disability when they may not have one,
to enable their children with disabilities
to—
(1) Meet developmental and
functional goals and challenging
academic achievement goals established
for all children; and
(2) Be prepared to lead productive
independent adult lives, to the
maximum extent possible;
(b) Serve the parents of infants,
toddlers, and children, from ages birth
through 26, with the full range of
disabilities described in section 602(3)
of IDEA;
(c) Familiarize themselves with the
provision of special education, related
services, and early intervention services
in the areas they serve to help ensure
that children with disabilities are
receiving appropriate services;
(d) Ensure that the training and
information provided meets the needs of
low-income parents and parents of
limited English proficient children;
(e) Assist parents to—
(1) Better understand the nature of
their children’s disabilities and their
educational, developmental, and
transitional needs;
(2) Communicate effectively and work
collaboratively with personnel
responsible for providing special
education, early intervention services,
transition services, and related services;
(3) Participate in decision making
processes, including those regarding
participation in State and local
assessments, and the development of
individualized education programs
under part B of IDEA and
individualized family service plans
under part C of IDEA;
(4) Obtain appropriate information
about the range, type and quality of—
(A) options, programs, services,
technologies, practices and
interventions that are based on
scientifically based research, to the
extent practicable; and
(B) resources available to assist
children with disabilities and their
families in school and at home,
including information available through
the Office of Special Education
Programs’ (OSEP) technical assistance
network and Communities of Practice;
(5) Understand the provisions of IDEA
for the education of, and the provision
of early intervention services to,
children with disabilities;
(6) Participate in activities at the
school level that benefit their children;
and
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(7) Participate in school reform
activities.
(f) In States where the State elects to
contract with the PTI Center, contract
with the State educational agencies to
provide, consistent with paragraphs (B)
and (D) of section 615(e)(2) of IDEA,
individuals to meet with parents in
order to explain the mediation process;
(g) Assist parents in resolving
disputes in the most expeditious and
effective way possible, including
encouraging the use, and explaining the
benefits, of alternative methods of
dispute resolution, such as the
mediation process described in section
615(e) of IDEA;
(h) Assist parents and students with
disabilities to understand their rights
and responsibilities under IDEA,
including those under section 615(m) of
IDEA upon the student’s reaching the
age of majority (as appropriate under
State law);
(i) Assist parents to understand the
availability of, and how to effectively
use, procedural safeguards under IDEA,
including the resolution session
described in section 615(e) of IDEA;
(j) Assist parents in understanding,
preparing for, and participating in, the
resolution session described in section
615(f)(1)(B) of IDEA;
(k) If there is more than one PTI
Center or one or more Community
Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) in a
particular State funded under section
672 of IDEA, demonstrate in the
application how it will coordinate its
services and supports with the other
center or centers to ensure the most
effective assistance to parents in that
State;
(l) Network with appropriate
clearinghouses, including organizations
conducting national dissemination
activities under section 663 of IDEA and
the Institute of Education Sciences, and
with other national, State, and local
organizations and agencies, such as
protection and advocacy agencies, that
serve parents and families of children
with the full range of disabilities
described in section 602(3) of IDEA;
(m) Annually report to the Assistant
Secretary on—
(1) The number and demographics of
parents to whom the PTI Center
provided information and training in
the most recently concluded fiscal year,
including additional information
regarding their unique needs and levels
of service provided to them;
(2) The effectiveness of strategies used
to reach and serve parents, including
underserved parents of children with
disabilities by providing evidence of
how those parents were served
effectively; and
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(3) The number of parents served who
have resolved disputes through
alternative methods of dispute
resolution.
(n) Respond to requests from the
National Technical Assistance Center
(NTAC) and Regional Parent Technical
Assistance Centers (PTACs) and use the
technical assistance services of the
NTAC and PTACs in order to serve the
families of infants, toddlers, and
children with disabilities as efficiently
as possible. PTACs are charged with
assisting parent centers with
administrative and programmatic issues;
(o) Budget for a two-day Project
Directors’ meeting in Washington, DC
during each year of the project. In
addition, a project’s budget must
include funds for the center’s project
director to attend a Regional Project
Directors’ meeting to be held each year
of the project;
(p) If the PTI Center maintains a Web
site, include relevant information and
documents in a format that meets a
government or industry-recognized
standard for accessibility;
(q) Prior to developing any new
product, whether paper or electronic,
submit for approval a proposal
describing the content and purpose of
the product to the document review
board of OSEP’s Dissemination Center;
(r) In collaboration with OSEP and the
NTAC, participate in an annual
collection of program data for PTI
Centers and CPRCs; and
(s) Identify with specificity in its
application the special efforts it will
make to—
(1) Ensure that the needs for training
and information of underserved parents
of children with disabilities in the area
to be served are effectively met; and
(2) Work with community based
organizations, including those that work
with low-income parents and parents of
limited English proficient children.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:
Under the Administrative Procedure Act
(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department
generally offers interested parties the
opportunity to comment on proposed
priorities. However, section 681(d) of
IDEA makes the public comment
requirements in the APA inapplicable to
the priority in this notice.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1471.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
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34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84,
85, 97, 98, and 99.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
apply to all applicants except federally
recognized Indian tribes.
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II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$25,704,000 for the Training and
Information for Parents of Children with
Disabilities program for FY 2007, of
which we intend to use an estimated
$8,957,406 for the Parent Training and
Information Centers competition. The
actual level of funding, if any, depends
on final congressional action. However,
we are inviting applications to allow
enough time to complete the grant
process if Congress appropriates funds
for this program.
Information concerning funding
amounts for individual States is
provided elsewhere in this section of
this notice.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$319,907.
Estimated Number of Awards: 28.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: With the exception of
projects in the States of Alabama,
Oklahoma, and Region 3 of Florida,
projects will be funded for a period up
to 60 months. Projects in Alabama and
Florida—Region 3 will be funded for a
period up to 48 months; projects in
Oklahoma will be funded for a period
up to 36 months. As explained
elsewhere in this notice, the Assistant
Secretary makes awards to groups of
States in five-year cycles. We are
proposing shorter project periods for
Alabama, Oklahoma, and Florida—
Region 3 in order to align the funding
cycle for these areas with those of other
States in their groups. Alabama,
Oklahoma, and Florida—Region 3 did
not receive awards with their groups in
previous competitions.
In order to allocate resources
equitably, create a unified system of
service delivery, and provide the
broadest coverage for the parents and
families in every State, the Assistant
Secretary is making awards in five-year
cycles for each State. In FY 2007,
applications for 5-year awards will be
accepted for the following States:
Arkansas, California, Connecticut,
Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan,
Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico,
Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas,
and Utah. Exceptions to the 5-year
awards will be in the States of Alabama,
Oklahoma and Region 3 of Florida.
Applications for projects in Alabama
and Florida—Region 3 will be accepted
for 4-year awards and applications for
projects in Oklahoma will be accepted
for a 3-year award. Awards also may be
made to eligible applicants in Guam, the
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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and the freely associated States.
Estimated Project Awards: Project
award amounts are for a single budget
period of 12 months. To ensure
maximum coverage for this competition,
the Assistant Secretary has adopted
regional designations established by
California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan,
Ohio, and Texas and has identified
corresponding maximum award
amounts for each region. Any applicant
that applies for grants for more than one
region must complete a separate
application for each region.
The Assistant Secretary took into
consideration current funding levels
and population distribution when
determining the award amounts for
grants under this competition.
In the following States, one award
may be made for up to the amounts
listed in the chart to a qualified
applicant for a PTI Center to serve the
entire State:
Alabama ................................... $273,959
Arkansas ................................... 258,634
Connecticut .............................. 276,016
Georgia ..................................... 469,482
Kansas ...................................... 292,033
Montana ................................... 227,965
New Jersey ............................... 454,176
New Mexico ............................. 277,918
Oregon ...................................... 283,548
South Carolina ......................... 288,215
Utah .......................................... 246,148
Oklahoma ................................. 249,215
(These figures represent the maximum
amounts the Assistant Secretary will award.
In addition, the Assistant Secretary has not
specified maximum amounts for Guam, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and the Freely Associated States).
In the following States with the
exception of Illinois, one award will be
made in the following amounts to a
qualified applicant for a PTI Center to
serve each identified region. In Illinois,
the Assistant Secretary will make up to
two awards for Region 1. The total of
these two awards for Illinois’ Region 1
will not exceed the maximum amount
listed for that region in the chart below.
A list of the counties that are included
in each region also follows.
California:
Region 1 ................................ $633,165
Region 2 ................................ 519,072
Region 3 ................................ 176,732
Region 4 ................................ 462,011
Region 5 ................................ 176,732
Florida:
Region 3 ................................ 190,154
Illinois:
Region 1 ................................ 548,708
Region 2 ................................ 281,878
Michigan:
Region 1 ................................ 239,170
Region 2 ................................ 403,970
Ohio:
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Region 1 ................................
Region 2 ................................
Texas:
Region 1 ................................
Region 2 ................................
Region 3 ................................
Consistent with 34 CFR 75.104(b), we
will reject any application that proposes
a project funding level for any year that
exceeds the stated maximum award
amount for that year.
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDU- Region 3 includes the following
CATION ACT APPLICATION NOTICE counties: Dade, Broward, Palm Beach,
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007 Monroe, Collier, Lee, Hendry, Martin,
Maximum
CFDA number and name
(per year)**
84.328M Parent Training and
Information Centers :*
Alabama ................................
Arkansas ...............................
Connecticut ...........................
Georgia .................................
Kansas ..................................
Montana ................................
New Jersey ...........................
New Mexico ..........................
Oregon ..................................
South Carolina ......................
Utah ......................................
Oklahoma .............................
California:
Region 1 ............................
Region 2 ............................
Region 3 ............................
Region 4 ............................
Region 5 ............................
Florida:
Region 3 ............................
Illinois:
Region 1 ............................
Region 2 ............................
Michigan:
Region 1 ............................
Region 2 ............................
Ohio:
Region 1 ............................
Region 2 ............................
Texas:
Region 1 ............................
Region 2 ............................
Region 3 ............................
Listing of States/Regions/Counties
California Regions
Region 1 includes the following
counties: Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa
Barbara, San Luis Obispo.
Region 2 includes the following
counties: Mono, Inyo, San Bernadino,
Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Imperial.
Region 3 includes the following
counties: Madera, Stanislaus, Mercer,
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220,569 Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa
427,224 Cruz, San Francisco.
Region 5 includes the following
421,347 counties: Del Norte, Humboldt,
421,347
238,015
Mendocino, Sisklyou, Trinity, Shasta,
Modoc, Lassen, Tehama, Lake, Glenn,
Colusa, Butte, Sutter, Yuba, Sacramento,
Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Placer, El
Dorado, Amador, Calavaras, Alpine,
Tuolumne.
Florida Region
Glades.
Illinois Regions
award
Region 1 includes the following
counties: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane,
Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Will.
Region 2 includes the remainder of
$273,959
258,634 the State.
276,016 Ohio Regions
469,482
292,033 Region 1 includes the following
227,965 counties: Darke, Preble, Butler,
454,176 Hamilton, Clermont, Brown, Adams,
277,918 Scioto, Lawrence, Jackson, Pike, Ross,
283,548
Fayette, Greene, Clark, Champaign,
288,215 Logan, Shelby, Miami, Montgomery,
246,148
Warren, Clinton, Highland.
249,215
Region 2 includes the remainder of
633,165 the State.
519,072 Michigan Regions
176,732
462,011 Region 1 includes the following
counties: Oakland, Macomb, Wayne.
176,732
Region 2 includes the remainder of
190,154 the State.
548,708 Texas Regions
281,878 Region 1 includes the following
counties: Hardeman, Foard, Knox,
239,170
Wilbarger, Baylor, Throckmorton,
403,970
Wichita, Archer, Young, Clay, Jack,
Montague, Cooke, Wise, Palo Pinto,
220,569
427,224 Eralh, Parker, Hood, Somerveil, Denton,
Tarrant, Johnson, Grayson, Collin,
421,347 Dallas, Ellis, Fannin, Hunt, Rockwall,
421,347
Kaufman, Lamar, Delta, Hopkins, Red
238,015 River, Franklin, Titus, Camp, Morris,
Bowie, Casa, Cass, Marion, Bosque,
Hamilton, Mills, Lampaas, Coryell, Hill,
McLennan, Bell, Navarro, Freestone,
Limestone, Falls, Burnet, Llano,
Gillespie, Kendall, Comal, Blanco,
Williamson, Travis, Hays, Lee, Bastrop,
Caldwell, Guadalupa, Fayette, Gonzales,
Leon, Robertson, Millam, Burleston,
Washington, Austin, Brazoa, Madison,
Grimes, Houston, Trinity, Walker,
Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler,
Hardin, Jefferson, Orange, Jasper,
Region 2 includes the following
counties: Kerr, Real, Kinney, Maverik,
Uvalde, Zavala, Dimmit, Bandera,
Medina, Frio, La Salle, Boxer, Atascosa,
Wilson, Webb, Zapata, Jim Hogg, Staarr,
Hidalgo, Willsoy, Cameron, McMullen,
Duval, Live Oak, Jim Wells, Brooke,
Nueces, Kisberg, Kenedy, San Patricio,
Aransas, Bee, Karnes, Gollad, Dewitt,
Lavaca, Colorado, Wharton, Malagorda,
Jackson, Victoria, Refugio, Calhoun,
Waller, Fort Bond, Brezoria, Harris,
Galveston, Liberty, Chambers.
Region 3 includes the following
counties: El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson,
Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves, Brewster,
Pecos, Terrell, Dallam, Hartley, Oldham,
Deaf Smith, Parmer, Bailey, Cochran,
Yoakum, Gaines, Andrews, Loving,
Winkler, Ward, Sharman, Moore, Potter,
Randall, Castro, Swisher, Lamb,
Hockley, Terry, Ector, Crane, Upton,
Reagan, Midland, Glasscook, Dawson,
Martin, Borden, Howard, Hansford,
Hutchinson, Carson, Armstrong,
Briscoe, Ochiltree, Roberts, Gray,
Donley, Hall, Lipscomb, Hemphill,
Wheeler, Collingsworth, Childress,
Hale, Lubbock, Lynn, Floyd, Crosby,
Garza, Motley, Dickens, Kent, Cottle,
King, Scurry, Mitchell, Stonewall,
Fisher, Nolan, Haskall, Jones, Taylor,
Shackelford, Callahan, Stephens,
Eastland, Sterling, Irion, Crockett, Val
Verde, Coke, Tom Green, Schlelcher,
Sutton, Edwards, Runnels, Concho,
Menard, Kimble, Coleman, McCulloch,
Mason, Brown, San Sabe.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Parent
organizations, as defined in section
671(a)(2) of IDEA. A parent organization
is a private nonprofit organization (other
than an institution of higher education)
that—
(a) Has a board of directors—
(1) The majority of whom are parents
of children with disabilities ages birth
through 26;
(2) That includes—
(i) Individuals working in the fields of
special education, related services, and
early intervention; and
(ii) Individuals with disabilities; and
(iii) The parent and professional
members of which are broadly
representative of the population to be
served including low-income parents
and parents of limited English proficient
children; and
(b) Has as its mission serving families
of children with disabilities who are
ages birth through 26, and have the full

Mariposa, San Benito, Monterey, Newton, Raine, Van Zandt, Henderson, range of disabilities described in section
Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern. Anderson, Wood, Smith, Cherokee, 602(3) of IDEA.
Region 4 includes the following Upshur, Gregg, Rusk, Nacogdoches, 2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
counties: Sonoma, Napa, Yolo, Solano, Angelina, Harrison, Panola, Shelby, San competition does not involve cost
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3. Other: General Requirements—(a)
The projects funded under this
competition must make positive efforts
to employ and advance in employment
qualified individuals with disabilities
(see section 606 of IDEA).
(b) Applicants and grant recipients
funded under this competition must
involve individuals with disabilities or
parents of individuals with disabilities
ages birth through 26 in planning,
implementing, and evaluating the
projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of
IDEA).
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Education Publications Center
(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD
20794–1398. Telephone (toll free): 1–
877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–1244. If
you use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll
free): 1–877–576–7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its
Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html or you may contact ED
Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this
competition as follows: CFDA number
84.328M.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the Grants and
Contracts Services Team listed under
For Further Information Contact in
section VII of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative
(Part III of the application) is where you,
the applicant, address the selection
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate
your application. You must limit Part III
to the equivalent of no more than 60
pages, using the following standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, and captions, as well as all
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text in charts, tables, figures, and
graphs.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger or no smaller than 10 pitch
(characters per inch).
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The page limit does not apply to Part
I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget
section, including the narrative budget
justification; Part IV, the assurances and
certifications; the one-page abstract, the
resumes, the bibliography, the
references, or the letters of support.
However, you must include all of the
application narrative in Part III.
We will reject your application if—
• You apply these standards and
exceed the page limit; or
• You apply other standards and
exceed the equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: September 26,
2006. Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: November 13, 2006.
Applications for grants under this
competition may be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper
format by mail or hand delivery. For
information (including dates and times)
about how to submit your application
electronically, or by mail or hand
delivery, please refer to section IV.6.
Other Submission Requirements in this
notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: January 9, 2007.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
competition may be submitted
electronically or in paper format by mail
or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
We have been accepting applications
electronically through the Department’s
e-Application system since FY 2000. In
order to expand on those efforts and
comply with the President’s
Management Agenda, we are continuing
to participate as a partner in the new
government wide Grants.gov Apply site
in FY 2007. Parent Training and
Information Centers—CFDA Number
84.328M is one of the competitions
included in this project. We request
your participation in Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your
application electronically, you must use
the Grants.gov Apply site at http://
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www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you
will be able to download a copy of the
application package, complete it offline,
and then upload and submit your
application. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to
us.
You may access the electronic grant
application for Parent Training and
Information Centers—CFDA Number
84.328M competition at: http://
www.grants.gov. You must search for
the downloadable application package
for this program by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number’s
alpha suffix in your search.
Please note the following:
• Your participation in Grants.gov is
voluntary.
• When you enter the Grants.gov site,
you will find information about
submitting an application electronically
through the site, as well as the hours of
operation.
• Applications received by
Grants.gov are time and date stamped.
Your application must be fully
uploaded and submitted, and must be
date/time stamped by the Grants.gov
system no later than 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will
not consider your application if it is
date/time stamped by the Grants.gov
system later than 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. When we
retrieve your application from
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it
was date/time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
• The amount of time it can take to
upload an application will vary
depending on a variety of factors
including the size of the application and
the speed of your Internet connection.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that
you do not wait until the application
deadline date to begin the application
process through Grants.gov.
• You should review and follow the
Education Submission Procedures for
submitting an application through
Grants.gov that are included in the
application package for this competition
to ensure that you submit your
application in a timely manner to the
Grants.gov system. You can also find the
Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at http://e-
Grants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all of the
steps in the Grants.gov registration
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process (see http://www.grants.gov/
applicants/get_registered.jsp). These
steps include (1) Registering your
organization, (2) registering yourself as
an Authorized Organization
Representative (AOR), and (3) getting
authorized as an AOR by your
organization. Details on these steps are
outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see http://
www.grants.gov/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf).
You also must provide on your
application the same D–U–N–S Number
used with this registration. Please note
that the registration process may take
five or more business days to complete,
and you must have completed all
registration steps to allow you to
successfully submit an application via
Grants.gov.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you submit your
application in paper format.
• You may submit all documents
electronically, including all information
typically included on the following
forms: Application for Federal
Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for
SF 424, Budget Information—Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all
necessary assurances and certifications.
Please note that two of these forms—the
SF 424 and the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424—
have replaced the ED 424 (Application
for Federal Education Assistance). If you
choose to submit your application
electronically, you must attach any
narrative sections of your application as
files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich
text), or .PDF (portable document)
format. If you upload a file type other
than the three file types specified above
or submit a password protected file, we
will not review that material.
• Your electronic application must
comply with any page limit
requirements described in this notice.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive an
automatic acknowledgment from
Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. The Department will
retrieve your application from
Grants.gov and send you a second
confirmation by e-mail that will include
a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
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identifying number unique to your
application).
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on forms at a later
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Application Deadline Date Extension in
Case of System Unavailability
If you are prevented from
electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because of technical problems with
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you
an extension until 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, the following
business day to enable you to transmit
your application electronically, or by
hand delivery. You also may mail your
application by following the mailing
instructions as described elsewhere in
this notice. If you submit an application
after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the deadline date, please contact the
person listed elsewhere in this notice
under For Further Information Contact,
and provide an explanation of the
technical problem you experienced with
Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov
Support Desk Case Number (if
available). We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the
Grants.gov system and that that problem
affected your ability to submit your
application by 4:30 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date. The Department will contact you
after a determination is made on
whether your application will be
accepted.
Note: Extensions referred to in this section
apply only to the unavailability of or
technical problems with the Grants.gov
system. We will not grant you an extension
if you failed to fully register to submit your
application to Grants.gov before the deadline
date and time or if the technical problem you
experienced is unrelated to the grants.gov
system.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you submit your application in
paper format by mail (through the U.S.
Postal Service or a commercial carrier),
you must mail the original and two
copies of your application, on or before
the application deadline date, to the
Department at the applicable following
address: By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.328M), 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
4260, or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop 4260,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.328M),
7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD
20785–1506.
Regardless of which address you use,
you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark,
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(2) A legible mail receipt with the
date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications
by Hand Delivery.
If you submit your application in
paper format by hand delivery, you (or
a courier service) must deliver the
original and two copies of your
application by hand, on or before the
application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.328M), 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
time, except Saturdays, Sundays and
Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper
Applications: If you mail or hand deliver
your application to the Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope
and—if not provided by the Department—in
Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number—
and suffix letter, if any—of the competition
under which you are submitting your
application.
(2) The Application Control Center will
mail a grant application receipt
acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive
the grant application receipt
acknowledgment within 15 business days
from the application deadline date, you
should call the U.S. Department of Education
Application Control Center at (202) 245–
6288.
V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this competition are from 34
CFR 75.210 and are listed in the
application package.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
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Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may also notify you
informally.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your
project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year
award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
expenditure information as specified by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has
developed measures that will yield
information on various aspects of the
quality of the Training and Information
for Parents of Children with Disabilities
program. The measures will focus on:
the extent to which projects provide
high quality materials, the relevance of
project products and services to
educational and early intervention
policy and practice, and the usefulness
of products and services to improve
educational and early intervention
policy and practice.
Grantees will be required to provide
information related to these measures.
Grantees also will be required to
report information on their projects’
performance in annual reports to the
Department (34 CFR 75.590).
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Lisa
Gorove, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4056,
Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC
20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–
7357.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
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800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
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request by contacting the following
office: The Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC
20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–
7363.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: September 20, 2006.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. E6–15762 Filed 9–25–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDRR)—Research Fellowships
Program Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)
2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.133F.
Dates: Applications Available:
September 26, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: November 27, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Only individuals
who have training and experience that
indicate a potential for engaging in
scientific research related to the
solution of rehabilitation problems of
individuals with disabilities are eligible.
The program provides two categories of
Research Fellowships: Merit
Fellowships and Distinguished
Fellowships.
(a) To be eligible for a Distinguished
Fellowship, an individual must have
seven or more years of research
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experience in subject areas, methods, or
techniques relevant to rehabilitation
research and must have a doctorate,
other terminal degree, or comparable
academic qualifications.
(b) To be eligible for a Merit
Fellowship, an individual must have
either advanced professional training or
independent study experience in an
area that is directly pertinent to
disability and rehabilitation. In the most
recent competitions, Merit Fellowship
recipients had research experience at
the doctoral level.
Note: Institutions are not eligible to be
recipients of Research Fellowships.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$106,705,000 for NIDRR for FY 2007, of
which we intend to use an estimated
$500,000 for the Research Fellowships
competition. The actual level of
funding, if any, depends on final
congressional action. However, we are
inviting applications to allow enough
time to complete the grant process if
Congress appropriates funds for this
program.
Maximum Awards: Merit
Fellowships: $65,000; Distinguished
Fellowships: $75,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 7
including both Merit and Distinguished
Fellowships.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: 12 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Research Fellowships Program is to
build research capacity by providing
support to enable highly qualified
individuals, including those who are
individuals with disabilities, to conduct
research about the rehabilitation of
individuals with disabilities.
Note: This program is in concert with
President George W. Bush’s New Freedom
Initiative (NFI) and NIDRR’s Final Long-
Range Plan for FY 2005–2009 (Plan). The NFI
can be accessed on the Internet at the
following site: http://www.whitehouse.gov/
infocus/newfreedom.
The Plan is comprehensive and
integrates many issues relating to
disability and rehabilitation research
topics. The Plan, which was published
in the Federal Register on February 15,
2006 (71 FR 8165), can be accessed on
the Internet at the following site:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/
osers/nidrr/policy.html.
Through the implementation of the
Plan, NIDRR seeks to—(1) Improve the
quality and utility of disability and
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